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"Modi has tightened the screws on information." This statement from Bangalore-based journalist Subir Ghosh underscores a common challenge repeated to me by several of India's journalists, who say the space for criticism is shrinking under Narendra Modi's rule. Since a landslide victory made him leader of the world's largest democracy nearly one year ago, the prime minister has worked to distance his government from independent reporters, they said.

For the safety of journalists and other people on the
streets protesting injustice, Indian police must begin in earnest to address
how they respond to demonstrations. One journalist died covering protests that have
been taking place across the country following the gang rape of a 23-year old
female medical student on a Delhi bus on December 16. The government's response
to these protests, in which more than 100 people have been injured, has raised
eyebrows across the world.